Coming soon: Web-hosted Photoshop available online

I’ve heard a rumor that Adobe is going to release Photoshop over the internet. Is this true?

What you’ve heard is news, not rumors. Adobe does plan to release a web-hosted Photoshop service in the coming months.

Adobe has already released Adobe Remix, a free web-based video editing tool. They’ve partnered with Photobucket, (http://photobucket.com) a web service where folks can create and share video with the online community such as private blogs, message boards, and online social networks such as MySpace. A press time Remix is only available to Pro users of the Photobucket website.

The web-hosted version of Photoshop will follow the course of Remix as it’s geared to the private consumer who wants basic image-editing capability, but doesn’t want to pay for it. So, instead of charging, Adobe will offer these packages for free and then rely on ad revenue to buffer the cost.

Will it replace installed copies?

That said, if you’re a professional Photoshop user, the work you do every day isn’t the target for this new endeavor. Adobe recognizes the fact that the work most professionals u...